The project is being presented as if it will help the population, but more often than not, these big dam projects end up serving industry at the expense of local communities many of which will be displaced once Inga 3 is fully developed.

The treaty which outlines the development of the Grand Inga Hydro Electric Power Complex is estimated to cost US$ 100 billion and was signed during South Africa's President Jacob Zuma's visit to the Central African country.

At a meeting in Paris on 18 May 2013 organised by the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the presence of a high level delegation from the Republic of South Africa, all of the stakeholders participated in a consultation process regarding the implementation of the first phase of the project, Inga 3, with a power output of almost 4,800 KW.

And when President Zuma told leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos that "collectively the African Union has taken concrete decisions with regards to infrastructure" he gave Inga as a specific example.

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